World English Bible · The united kingdom
Psalms 132
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A . , remember and all his affliction, how he to , and to the Mighty One of : "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, until I find out a place for , a dwelling for the Mighty One of ." Behold, we heard of it in . We found it in the field of Jaar. "We will go into his . We will at ." Arise, , into your , you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests be clothed with . Let your shout for joy! For sake, don't turn away the of your . has to in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your . If your children will keep my , my that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your more." For has chosen . He has it for his habitation. "This is my . I will live here, for I have it. I will abundantly her provision. I will satisfy her with bread. I will also clothe her priests with . Her will shout aloud for joy. I will make of to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my . I will clothe his with , but on himself, his will shine."
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The world at this moment · The united kingdom, 1050 BC to 931 BC ›
Saul, David, and Solomon. A rare window when both Egypt and Mesopotamia are weak, which is how a small kingdom in the corridor between them could briefly become a regional power.
- The power vacuum
- This is the whole political explanation for the united kingdom. Egypt is fragmented, Assyria is recovering but still local, the Hittites are gone, and nobody is in a position to object to a strong state in the corridor. It lasts about a century, and Israel's golden age fits exactly inside it.
- Phoenicia
- Tyre under Hiram is the commercial power of the coast, and supplies the cedar, the craftsmen, and the shipping for Solomon's building programme. The alliance is trade, not charity: Israel had grain and a land route, Tyre had timber and ships.
- Egypt
- Weak enough that a pharaoh gives a daughter in marriage to an Israelite king, which is the opposite of Egyptian practice in stronger centuries. Late in the era it recovers under a new house, and Shishak will invade within five years of Solomon's death.
- Further afield
- Greece is still in its dark age but beginning to recover, and will adopt the Phoenician alphabet within a century or two. Carthage is founded by settlers from Tyre by tradition in 814 BC. In the Americas the Olmec centre shifts to La Venta.
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